The actress who was at home with kung fu legend Bruce Lee when he died 30 years ago today says she was forced into a reclusive life because she thought 'the whole world' wanted her dead.
Former screen beauty Betty Ting Pei, 56, who starred in 40 films during the late 1960s and 70s, says that she can no longer carry the burden and wants to tell her side of the story.
'He died next to me, I was only 26, a young woman. Do you think I wasn't scared? No one would help me. I felt everyone wanted me to die,' she said in an interview with the Sunday Morning Post.
Lee died after being rushed to hospital from Ting's flat in Kowloon Tong. Lee had complained of a headache and Ting gave him one of her prescription painkillers before the movie star went to sleep. She was unable to wake him and he died hours later.
The media was initially told Lee had been at home with his wife, Linda, and their two children. After the cover-up was exposed, rumours were rife that Lee and Ms Ting were having an affair.
Ms Ting is now planning a tell-all book about their relationship and how the death affected her. Acclaimed American author Davis Miller, who wrote The Tao Of Bruce Lee, has reportedly agreed to co-write the book.